The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-19

and father
There is no man in Russia truer and more
tender to his swife than Alexander Alexandra
witch is to his. Now imagine the lot of this low
ing husband realizing the dreadful fact that his
beloved wife. both physically and mentally, IS
quite worn out; that the restless nights and
weary days and const tant fear for years have
completely undermined her health so much
so that to-day she is showing the symptoms OF
approaching insanity. Those who some six years
ago have seen the lovely. lively, rosy-cheeked
and ever-smiling wife OF the Czarovltch can
hardly now realize the same woman in the
Czarina. Pale, ever trembling at the least un-
expected noise. with deep. dark circles surround
ing her eyes-such is the Czarina OF to-day.
How dearly she has paid already for the 1mper-
al crown2 And her hour of trial is yet at the
beginning. Is there woman in Russia who
would exchange her lot for the Czarinass To
dread ceaselessly for her husbands fate. and
to wait for the premature hut inevitable death OF
her elder son, this is enough to break the heart
of any woman.
THE doom of the Czarovitch is sealed. He
has consumption. This ia a court secret. Think
only of the Cars feelings in view of repeated at
tempts on his life. If the worst should happen
to him, who would take charge of his family and
the emDrel Certainly the Czarovtch is not in
a condition to take up that burden. Then he
would abdicste in favor of his next brother,
Grand Duke George, youth OF sixteen. But
that would involvs perturbation that might
endanger the very imperial throne We must
have in view that the imperial houses of Roman
off of to-day is not at all a happy and peaceful
family. There is in il much of discontent,
Grand Duke Constantine. uncle of the Gar, for
instance has personal grudge against the
autocrat, and it is said he would agree to any
terms, provided he would be placed at the helm
of the government be it with the title of Gar,
of a constitutional Emperor, or even OF
President But Grand Duke Vladimir. the
chief commander of the army of the st. Peters
burg district. a man of the Nicholas type, would
not surrender his power to any one, so that there
would be indeed lively times here should Mill
lists bomb reach its aim.
9 t0 fho iioty
that the Cars substitutes, though unawares,
have succeeded in bringing it up to the red-hot
pitch Curious enough, all the Cars Ministers
were wing with each other In order TO provoke
the bad blood of the conspirators General Van
novsky, Minister of War, has succeeded in COM
pelling all the university graduates TO serve in
the army for the term of one year. Take annually
5000 young, hot-headed, sef-appointed candi-
dates for radical Parliament, dress them in a
uniform and force them to serve the absolute
ruler and you will have the result attained by
General Vannovsky.
Then comes Chief Procurer of the Holy Synod
Pobedouostzeff, who undertook an extraordinary
job of dIsmissing 100, 600 village school teachers
and appointing many priests in their stead.
Is it not natural to expect that out of the thou
sands of dismissed teachers at least hundreds
will join the conspira tors rankst
Further on, Minister of Public Instruction
Delianoff, by his senseless orders, provoked both
students and their parents to the last degree.
He limited the number of students OF each uni
versty 20 a certain maximum, and as that axi-
mum is far below the number of the students
enrolled, hundreds of them have BEEN peremp-
torily dismissed from each university. 10 these
students dismissed, for no cause of theirs, must
be added the Jewish students debarred from the
university education for only per cent of
them now admitted to the universities, that
is three Jews to ninety Christians.
ITS there any wonder that now throughout the
country the sons are conspiring and the fathers
are grum bling against the one man government
And yet that particular man is neither orieina-
tor nor abettor of those stupid and cruel so.
called reforms. He Is responsible for them only
because a blind destiny placed him at the helm
Of ship, to guide which he was neither brought
up nor has he natural capacity. And that is
not his fault either. He is full of good inten-
tions, but that is not enough in order TO become
a wise ruler. And, indeed. he is ruled himself
as much anybody else in this country.
Take, for instance the finances of the couu-
try. Since Alexander III assembled the throne
a rigid economy has been apparently observed
Inssll departments. and yet each year the bal
showed deficit of $50. .000, 900 to $35, ,0oo,-
600. Could the Gar wipe out this deficit he
would gladly do it. nor could his learned Minis
ser OF Finance Professor Bunge. achieve that
feat. The present Minister, Vyshneeradsky,
promised to the Gar to close the state accounts
without a deficit. Certainly the Gar has no
idea whether that promise not be
fulfilled and TO be sure he has nothing to sug
''While he was enjoying his long visit in Dem
mark, number of clear-headed officers of the
Ministry were sent to different countries, in
cludiug the United States. to study the internal
revenue system. The Ministry is fully aware
that the people here could not stand any in-
crease of taxes, with the exception of those col
leeted on liquors and tobacco, and SO the taxes
on these two items will be increased to the
tent of the deficit. Il is said here that in of
need the selling of liquors will be retained by the
government its special monopoly. So it
ia possible that under Alexander III, as under
Nicholas. every vodka shop in Russia will
be ornamented with the imperial en-
blem of the dou BILE headed eagle. But whatever
be suggested to the Car for better replenishng
the treasury, he has but approve it in his
laconic style-s.so be it," And if one measure
proves bad and another is pointed out to him in
its stead. he again indorses the new experiment.
To this is the autocratc ruling reduced in the
rel gn of Alexander III. Nevertheless. all the
Russians seem be in despair. They tired
of the beaurocratic regime. If the Car does
not rule. then they will rule themselves. This
is general though not an outspoken, desire
here.
THE political prophets of to-day will
doubtedly find it the most difficult of tasks to
Germany. France and Europe in general With
spirators and the Czarovitch sinking from con-
sumption. who can tell what perturbation may
take place in Russia In the next year! With the
Kaiser of Germany in his nineties the Crown
Prince afflicted with cancer, and his son, Prince
William, suffering from a dangerous chronic
disease, a gloomy uncertainty is hanging over
the German empire; and with the present
change in the presidency. who can tell what
course will follow the French republic? In view
of the foregoing facts the political situation
OF Europe is moro than usually uncertain, and
some serious convulsions may be looked for"